Friday, September 27, 2013

Wild Imagination

Bison on a colourful Prairy

The last big show of this year is almost there! The Black and Coloured Wool show on Sunday the 29th of September at the Cranbourne Public Hall (cnr of South Gippsland Highway and Clarendon street) starting at 9.30am.

Being only a couple of months after the Bendigo Show where I was cleaned out, it was a huge enterprise to get fluff ready and blended and dyed. Ofcourse I always think I do not have enough and want to have as much as possible at these fabulous shows to showcase what we as a small Australian Fibre farm can offer spinners, felters and weavers and give them to opportunity to “wooldive” ..lol..

There are going to be our IxCheL old time favourite blends there ofcourse, like the Gaga bunny tops, the Lush Bunny tops, the Cashmere flings and magic bunny tops just to name a few! And there will be sock yarns, 3 ply angora and cashmere and mink yarns as well !and then some every exciting new blends like the Wicked tops, the Alpaca angora tops and ofcourse the Grand First Ever Introduction of an All Australian organic Sustainable blend: the Happy Tigerbunny Tops , the first ever ! a blend with the wonderful hemp fibre that is amazing to work with. This exclusive blend will have its first outing at the Show next Sunday so please, come down and have a cuddle and be amazed at the natural colours in the blend and the hand dyed ones. Next week, these Happy TigerBunny Tops will land on this blog with all the information and how this adventure started.

This Week I am offering you a very special blend as well: the Bunny Bison Bliss tops. Bison is a down fibre much like Yak only more magical and soft and super special. It is a rare fibre with a lot of history attached to it and when I had to opportunity to get my hands on some more Bison I couldn’t help myself and blend some up. The Bison is dark brown and the baby camel in the blend is a caramel colour, so in this blend you see little streaks going through in various different colours. I believe that this makes this blend extra special.

When you dye pure white fibres your colours will pop and be bright and a lot of dyers prefer a white base. Me, being a rebel, I love dyeing on natural coloured bases : it somehow created this deep, dimensional colour sensation you cannot possibly create with just plain white. So my philosophy in making up all these blends, whether it be this bunny bison bliss blend or the happy tiger tops or the magic bunny tops for that matter , is to put together a base that will give it either texture or dimension or both. Spinning a yarn from that kind of blend will not only give you a unique opportunity to experience different kinds of fibres and how they interact, but also create the most amazing one of a kind yarn or felt you can imagine. So, enjoy this weeks update and remember: your imagination is the only limit to what you can create! Have fun !!!

Bison Pair chilling out”

Another “bison pair”:
the Malcolm Fielding Dervish support spindle (Dymondwood and osage orange) and
the natural Bunny Bison Bliss tops seem to be made for each other: both absolutely magical.

IxCHeL Club sign ups !

THE LAST CLUBS OF 2013 !!!! but hurry..only a few spots left and the sign ups end October the 8th !!!

The IxCHeL clubs sign ups are open!! for the fibre, yarn, mini skein and batt clubs for October, November and December 2013! Can you believe it is almost 2014 ??? !

IxCHeL Fibre Club
October, November and December 2013

The subscription is for a period of three months and you will receive one special hand dyed top/roving per month to the value of AU$22 , and as all of you past members know you get tops that are usually around $24 ! so it is a great deal!

All the tops will be hand dyed and will be especially made for the members of Ixchel Fibre Club !
Price to join the Ixchel Fibre Club #18 and receive your special hand dyed top :)) for three months (October, November and December 2013) is AU$66 + postage (parcel post or airmail). AND there are good value double serves available !!!

If you want to receive a fibre surprise every month then join the IXCHEL FIBRE CLUB #18 now. Numbers are strictly limited ! Deadline for signing up for fibre club #18 is October 8th! And the first instalment is going to be shipped out end of October. Payment via direct deposit or credit card or paypal. Just PM or email me your details

The IxCHeL Sock Yarn Club
October, November and December 2013

Every month for three months (October, November and December 2013) you will receive: enough hand dyed luscious yummy yarn to make a pair of socks or a lush shawl or scarf ofcourse! (the hand dyed yarn will be exclusive for the Ixchelbunny SOCK-IT-TO-ME Yarn CLUB and will range from a sockweight yarn or a 3ply or a 4 ply); Every month a new sock pattern, tips and instructions ! Now is that GOOD or is that GOOD ??!

I will even offer a double serve for those of you who like their socks extra long

By the way: you don’t HAVE to knit socks if you don’t want to.. the hand dyed yarn is amazingly nice for scarves, cowls, beanies and even tops ! Anything goes .

IxCHeL Mini skein Club October, November and December 2013

Every month I will be offering a monthly exclusive IxCHeL mini skein selection for Club members. In that monthly selection there are 12 hand dyed miniskeins that are hand dyed and or even hand spun and awesome to add to your mini skein projects.

Here are all the details for the sign ups for the IxCHeL Mini Skein Club:

Numbers are strictly limited ! Deadline for signing up for the IxCHeL Mini Skein Club is October 8th.
The first Club mini skeins will be sent out end of October. Payment via direct deposit or credit card or paypal. Just PM or email me your details

IxCHeL Funky Bunny Batt Club October, November and December 2013

Here are all the details and just pm me when you have any questions or want to be part of the funky bunny batt club Movement ;-) Welcome to the blingy dark side ;-D

The subscription is for a period of three months and you will receive one special hand dyed funky bunny batt per month to the value of AU$32 or more .

The batts will range in weight from 100grams to 150grams with luxury fibres like camel , angora, cashmere, silk, yak, llama even wolf and bison this time ! All the batts will be hand dyed and will be especially made for the members of Ixchel funky bunny Club ! Every month you will receive a HUGE luxury funky bunny batt !

Sign up now and you will receive an Ixchel Hand dyed , super luxurious funky bunny batt for October, November ad December 2013!

Price to join the Ixchel Funky bunny for three months is :

For Australia : $96+$24 postage (parcel post)

For USA + Canada: AU$96+AU$45 (Airmail)

For UK,Europe, rest of the world: AU$96+AU$54 (airmail)

For Asia: AU$96+AU$36 (airmail)

If you want to receive a fibre surprise every month then join the IXCHEL FUNKY BUNNY Batt CLUB now. Numbers are strictly limited ! Deadline for signing up for the funky bunny batt club October 8th and the first installment is going to be shipped out end of October 2013 :) Payment via direct deposit or credit card or paypal. Just PM or email me

How To Order:

You can email me on ixchel at rabbit dot com dot au or message me on facebook or ravelry where I am Ixchelbunny. I will email you right back with all your order details and payment methods. Any questions? Please don’t hesitate to ask! Always happy to enable.

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Ixchel is an Australian Fibre Farm in the Yarra Valley in Victoria, breeding their own fluffy animals pesticide free and organic. Charly McCafferty (Ixchel Bunny) does all the spinning, dyeing, knitting and weaving and loving every second of it: Angora Rabbit, Cashmere, Mohair, Merino, Alpaca, Camel or even Yak.Paul McCafferty is constantly juggling work on the fibre farm and is the brain behind making all the animal housing and organising the farm harmoneously.
Email:Ixchel@rabbit.com.au

About Me

Email: ixchelbunny@yahoo.com.au
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Born in the Netherlands, part Dutch and Native American, brought up in Europe, Canada ,the States and Latin America and now living in Australia, I see myself as a world citizen enjoying every moment that this life is giving me. Having such a diverse background I feel very priviledged on how it makes my art (be it paintings or wearable art) so universal and yet so special.